MiG-21 series

The MiG-21F Fishbed is a supersonic short-range attack fighter and the first generation production aircraft of the popular MiG-21 series. The prototype of this aircraft, the E-5 (pronounced Ye-5) first flew in 1955 and appeared to the public during the Soviet Aviation Day at Tushino Airfield, Moscow in June 1956. During the Vietnam war, this aircraft was used to attack the United States aircraft fleet, also used in the Arab-Israeli war, including the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War, the India-Pakistan war, the Yemen crisis and various wars in various parts of the third world, so it deserves to be dubbed the AK-47 in the air, or sharp gravel. from the east because initially the west, especially the United States, underestimated this plane. More than 30 countries in the world, including allies of the United States, use this aircraft. At least 15 versions of the MiG 21 have been produced, some produced outside the Soviet Union. Approximately 8000 of these aircraft have been produced.